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# A window switcher, run dialog and dmenu replacement
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**Rofi** started as clone of simpleswitcher, written by [Sean Pringle](http://github.com/seanpringle/simpleswitcher) a
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popup window switcher roughly based on [superswitcher](http://code.google.com/p/superswitcher/).
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popup window switcher roughly based on [superswitcher](http://code.google.com/p/superswitcher/).
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Simpleswitcher laid the foundations and therefor Sean Pringle deserves most of the credit for this tool. **Rofi**,
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renamed as it lost the *simple* property, has been extended with extra features, like a run-dialog, ssh-launcher and
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can act as a drop-in dmenu replacement, making it a very versatile tool.
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It main features are:
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* Full (configurable) keyboard navigation.
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* Fully configurable keyboard navigation.
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* Type to filter
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- Tokenized: Type any word in any order to filter.
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- (toggable) Case insensitive.
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- Supports regex and glob matching.
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- Supports fuzzy, regex and glob matching.
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* UTF-8 enabled.
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- UTF-8 aware string collating.
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- intl. keyboard support (`e -> è)
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* Themeing.
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**Rofi** has several buildin modes implementing common use-cases and can be exteneded by scripts (either called from
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**Rofi** or calling **Rofi**).
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**Rofi** or calling **Rofi**).
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Below the different modes are listed:
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The window switcher shows the following informations in columns (can be customized):
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1. Desktop number
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1. Desktop name
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2. Window class.
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3. Window title.
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Window mode features:
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- Closing applications by hitting `Shift-Delete`.
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- Custom command by `Shift-Return`
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## Run mode
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The run mode allows users to quickly search and launch a program.
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Run mode features:
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- Shift-Return to run the selected program in a terminal.
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- Favorites list, frequently used programs are sorted on top.
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- Execute command to add custom entries, like aliases.
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## DRun mode
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Drun mode features:
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- Favorites list, frequently used programs are sorted on top.
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- Auto starting terminal applications in a terminal.
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- Auto starting terminal applications in a terminal.
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## SSH launcher
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Example to combine Desktop run and the window switcher:
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```
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rofi -combi-modi window,drun -show combi
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rofi -combi-modi window,drun -show combi -modi combi
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```
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## dmenu replacement
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an extra message bar (`-mesg`), pre-entering of text (`-filter`) or selecting entries based on a
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pattern (`-select`). Also highlighting (`-u` and `-a`) options and modi to force user to select one
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provided option (`-only-match`). In addition to this rofi's dmenu mode can select multiple lines and
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write them to stdout.
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write them to stdout.
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# Usage
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For example to show a run dialog:
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`rofi -show run`
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`rofi -show run`
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Show a ssh dialog:
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|`Ctrl-v, Insert` | Paste clipboard |
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|`Ctrl-Shift-v, Shift-Insert` | Paste primary selection |
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|`Ctrl-u` | Clear the line |
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|`Ctrl-a` | Beginning of line |
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|`Ctrl-e` | End of line |
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|`Ctrl-f, Right` | Forward one character |
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|`Alt-f` | Forward one word |
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|`Ctrl-b, Left` | Back one character |
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|`Alt-b` | Back one word |
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|`Ctrl-w` | Clear the line |
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|`Ctrl-u` | Delete till the start of line |
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|`Ctrl-a` | Move to beginning of line |
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|`Ctrl-e` | Move to end of line |
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|`Ctrl-f, Right` | Move forward one character |
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|`Alt-f` | Move forward one word |
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|`Ctrl-b, Left` | Move back one character |
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|`Alt-b` | Move back one word |
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|`Ctrl-d, Delete` | Delete character |
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|`Ctrl-Alt-d` | Delete word |
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|`Ctrl-h, Backspace` | Backspace (delete previous character) |
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[here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_resources) for more information.
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* Commandline options: Arguments passed to **Rofi**.
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A distribution can ship defaults in `/etc/rofi.conf`.
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The Xresources options and the commandline options are aliased. To define option X set:
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rofi.X: value
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